Manchukuo Soldier overlooking the Russian-Manchurian Border, 1940

Manchurian Border

IJA officer on Horseback, Philippines 1942

Philippines

Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda in Saigon 1942, Author Sterling Seagrave contends that between 1940 and 1945 Prince Takeda oversaw the looting of gold and other precious items in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines.[3] Seagrave says that most of this loot was stored in 175 vaults located in the Philippines, and that considerable amounts have since been recovered by former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and others.
